What Happened In 1573 - Historical Events 1573

Historical Events for the Year 1573

25th January » Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
28th January » Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
26th May » The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Dutch War of Independence.
26th June » French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle (1572–73) called Siege of La Rochelle ends.
6th July » Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
8th October » End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years War.

20th January » Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)
28th February » Elias Holl, German architect (d. 1646)
13th April » Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1625)
17th April » Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1651)
16th August » Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1598)
6th October » Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (d. 1624)
7th October » William Laud, English archbishop (d. 1645)

13th May » Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimyo (b. 1521)
7th July » Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesu and Villa Farnese (b. 1507)
29th July » John Caius, English physician and academic (b. 1510)
14th August » Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese daimyo (b. 1548)
7th September » Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (b. 1535)
23rd September » Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)
27th October » Laurentius Petri, Swedish archbishop (b. 1499)
30th December » Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian author and poet (b. 1504)